One vent just isn't enough for some volcanoes
One vent just isn't enough for some volcanoes: the curious case of Mount Etna's wandering craters.
View ArticleMars rover Curiosity views spectacular layered rock formations
The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the "Murray Buttes" region of lower Mount...
View ArticleCuriosity rover begins next Mars chapter
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its two-year...
View ArticleResearchers reconstruct beautiful house in Pompeii by using 3-D technology
By combining traditional archaeology with 3-D technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed to reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state before the volcano eruption of...
View ArticleNepal drains dangerous glacial lake to safe level
Army soldiers and local villagers have finished digging through rocks and boulders to drain a glacial lake just south of Mount Everest, bringing the water to a safe level and possibly preventing an...
View ArticleResearchers find evidence for a cold, serpentinized mantle wedge beneath Mt....
It's been more than 35 years since the last major eruption of Mount St. Helens. Since that blast, much research has been conducted with scientists learning a great deal about one of the most active...
View ArticleCuriosity Mars rover checks odd-looking iron meteorite
Laser-zapping of a globular, golf-ball-size object on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover confirms that it is an iron-nickel meteorite fallen from the Red Planet's sky.
View ArticleRare weasel species makes a comeback in Washington state
The elusive weasel-like mammal poked its head out of the wooden crate, glanced around and quickly darted into the thick forest of Mount Rainier National Park—returning to a landscape where it had been...
View ArticleMars rock-ingredient stew seen as plus for habitability
NASA's Curiosity rover is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of years ago, creating more diverse chemical...
View ArticleNASA troubleshooting drill problem on Mars Curiosity rover
Engineers are troubleshooting a snag on NASA's Curiosity that's preventing the rover from moving its robotic arm and driving to another spot on Mars, the space agency said Tuesday.
View ArticleClues from past volcanic explosion help team model future activity
Researchers led by The University of Manchester have developed a model that will help civil defence agencies better judge the impact of future volcanic eruptions – including those that threaten the UK...
View ArticleTemperature drives biodiversity
Why is the diversity of animals and plants so unevenly distributed on our planet? An international research team headed by the University of Würzburg has provided new data on this core issue of...
View ArticleCell service at Rainier: Do you want to hear me now?
On a recent snowshoeing trip on Mount Rainier, Nancy Spears brought along her cellphone but was happy not to have coverage: It gave her time to connect with her snowy surroundings rather than her...
View ArticleSoil bacteria that 'scale human equivalent of Mount Everest' could improve...
For the past 70 years, scientists have agreed unanimously that Streptomyces, the bacteria that gives dirt its earthy smell and is found in many antibiotics, grow like plants in a stationary manner.
View ArticleSome algae like it cold
It may look pretty, but the swaths of delicately-colored, pretty "precipitation" may lead to an increase in glacial melting, according to interdisciplinary research at the University of Cincinnati.
View ArticleMars rover Curiosity examines possible mud cracks
Scientists used NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in recent weeks to examine slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely originated as cracks in drying mud.
View ArticleDoubt over Everest's true height spurs fresh expedition
Scientists will take the tape measure to Mount Everest to determine whether a massive earthquake in Nepal really did knock an inch off the world's tallest peak.
View ArticleImage: Sicily captured by the Sentinel-2A satellite
Part of the Italian island of Sicily is pictured in this false-colour image from the Sentinel-2A satellite.
View ArticleMartian winds carve mountains, move dust, raise dust
On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales...
View Article10 injured by volcanic explosion on Italy's Mount Etna
Sicily's Mount Etna volcano unleashed an explosion Thursday, hurling molten rocks and steam that rained down on tourists, journalists and a scientist who scrambled to escape the barrage. Ten people...
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